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I have a new group for military and law enforcement officers meant for sharing your war story whether it's from the streets of Iraq to the streets of NY. Tell your story.

DURING THE COUNTRYS 200TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ON THE 4TH OF JULY 1976, I WAS ASSIGNED WITH MY PARTNER ZEKE TO A 12 HOUR SHIFT AS SECURITY DETAIL DOCKSIDE, WEST STREET PIERS, HMAS HOBART, AN AUSTRALIAN MISSILE DESTROYER ASSIGNED TO NATO AND VISITING NEW YORK FOR THE FESTIVITIES..PRETTY QUIET TOUR CONSIDERING THE ENORMOUS CROWDS, IN THE MILLIONS, IN NEW YORK THAT WEEKEND..AFTER THE TOUR, ZEKE AND I TOOK THREE AUSSIE NAVY CHIEFS IN OUR PATROL CAR, LIGHTS AND SIRENS FROM THE WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN TO BROOKLYN TO OUR PCT TO TURN IN OUR CAR AND CHANGE OUT OF UNIFORM...WE QUICK MARCHED THE THREE AUSSIES INTO THE PCT WHILE I WAS WEARING AN AUSSIE NAVY HAT AND A SAILOR WAS WEARING MYHAT AND GUNBELT..THE SGT ON THE DESK  ALMOST HAD A HEAR ATTACK WHEN WE MARCHED IN AND LATER, AFTER WE WERE FOUND IN THE DOWNSTAIRS SHOOTING RANGE, LETTING THE AUSSIES TRY OUT OUT SMITH .38 SPLS IN THE INDOOR RANGE.  AFTER EXCHANGING PARTS OF UNIFORMS AND PATCHES, ZEKE AND I LOADED THE THREE  SAILORS INTO MY PRIVATE AUTO AND TOOK THEM BACK TO MANHATTAN TO TIMES SQUARE AND SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THEIR ASHES HAULED IN PROPER ORDER AND RETURNED TO SHIP WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE INJURIES.

since no one else will tell a war story-here's another for your perusal?

I lived off nostrand avenue in the 67th precinct section of brooklyn when I got married in june of 71. One week after returning from my honeymoon in the Pocono Mts, my new bride and I went for our first weeks grocery shopping as a married couple. Friday nite 5:30PM WE ARE WALKING TOWARD THE CHECKOUT COUNTER WHEN MY WIFE ASKS THAT WE GO TO THE DELI DEPT. FOR SLICED PEPPERONI AND SALAMI, I TURN THE CART AWAY AND WALK FOR MAYBE TWENTY SECONDS WHEN  I HEAR A BAGGER YELL TO THE MANAGER OF THE MARKET THAT THEY HAD JUST BEEN STUCK UP. I LOOK OUT THE LARGE FRONT WINDOWS AND SEE THREE MALE BLACKS, TWO ARMED, ONE CARRYING TWO REGISTER DRAWERS, RUNNING AWAY FROM THE EXIT TOWARDS A SIDE STREET, I PUSHED MY WIFE TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE STORE, TOLD HER TO CALL 911 AND SPRINTED AFTER THEM.  FIFTY YARDS TO A CORNER AND THEY ROUND IT JUST AS I EXIT THE STORE, BY THE TIME I GET THROUGH THE RUSH HOUR CROWD AND TURN THE CORNER TO THE SIDE STREET THE THREE MALES ARE JOINING A FOURTH AT THE ESCAPE AUTO, A BROWN 4DR BUICK , I YELL FOR THE MALES TO STOP WHEN I AM ABOUT 40 YDS AWAY, ONE MALE TURNS BEFORE GETTING INTO THE CAR AND FIRES TWO ROUNDS FROM A REVOLVER, I RETURN FIRE FIRING TWO, TWO ROUND SETS AT SAID MALE-UNKNOWN HIT-AT THIS TIME, A KID WHOM I COACHED IN BASKETBALL SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND GOT HIS DAD (WHO HAPPENED TO BE HARRY OBRIEN OF HWY2) HARRY COMES DRIVING AROUND THE CORNER , I JUMP IN HIS CAR, AND WE TAKE OFF IN PURSUIT-AFTER TWELVE BLOCKS WE LOST THEM, SO WE RETURNED TO THE SCENE....well, we harry and i pull up to the scene in his auto, we are greeted by twenty or so pistols and shotguns pointed at us. the call didnt come in as a robbery in progress, or a past robbery, or three males with guns, no SHOTS FIRED IN THE 67TH PRECINCT, NOSTRAND AVE AND AVE D. SUSPECT MALE WHITE EARLY TWENTIES. YELLOW SWEATSHIRT, FIRING SHOTS, ESCAPED IN BLUE FORD.  YUP THAT WAS ME...THANKFULLY ALOT OF GUYS RECOGNIZED HARRY AND DEFUSED THE SITUATION.    ONE MALE BLACK LATER SHOWED UP WITH GUNSHOT WOUND TO BUTTOCKS, BKLYN ROBBERYSQUAD DID INTERVIEW AND ARRESTED MALE AND TWO CONFEDERATES FOR ATT. MURDER P/O, ROBBERY WEAPS ETC.  MY WIFE CHANGED SUPERMARKETS THE NEXT WEEK.

running into burning tenemants is not one of my favorite pasttimes-and boy do those roaches and rats scurry.

We had two joys when we were down there too the Bronx, one after the outdoor turkey shoot we would go to City Island a few brothers would pounder over and decide to enjoy the day with friends and myself  we´d hit a 12 pack plus and all head too horse shit beach, God Mike the old days my brother swew cleaning the gun!!